LOBBY THE ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION
Protect Palestine calls upon the Organisation of Islamic states to urgently establish an armed coalition of states to stop the genocide against Palestinians, ensure unhindered aid, protect civilians and gaurantee the Palestinian right to self determination.
Ahead of the meeting of Senior Officials taking place in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia from 27-29th April 2025, we call upon people worldwide to encourage representatives of the OIC to place discussions on a protective force for Palestine on the international agenda.
While we encourage members to use their own style, a template email can be found below:
Your Excellency,
I write to you with deep urgency as you prepare to convene for the Senior Officials Meeting in Jeddah on 27-29 April 2025 at this critical moment in history.
As a Member State of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation — the collective voice of over 1.8 billion Muslims / 57 nations — you carry the hopes of millions who look to you and more broadly the OIC for principled, courageous leadership in the face of injustice.
Today, that injustice is beyond question. For over 18 months, the world has witnessed Israel’s brutal and systematic genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Tens of thousands of men, women, and children have been killed. Hospitals, schools, and places of worship have been reduced to rubble. The basic elements of life — food, water, medicine — have been deliberately denied to an entire civilian population.
Despite global outrage and legal proceedings underway at the International Court of Justice, the onslaught continues unabated. It is no longer enough to issue statements of condemnation or call for ceasefires that are ignored. As concerned people of conscience, we look now to the OIC to fulfill the duties it has declared for decades.
The OIC Charter affirms its unwavering commitment to “Support the Palestinian people in their struggle to regain their rights and to liberate their land and to establish their national independent sovereignty and state.” (Article 1, Clause 7)
And the OIC 2025 Programme of Action further declares the Organisation’s resolve to:
“Enhance the OIC’s capacity to respond effectively to emergencies and conflicts in Member States, with a special focus on Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif” and “Strengthen mechanisms for solidarity, including collective action, to counter external aggression, occupation, and oppression in the Islamic world.” (Goal 1.4 & Goal 2.1)
In this spirit, we respectfully but firmly call on the OIC and its Member States to take the bold and morally necessary step of establishing and deploying an armed protection force to Gaza in line with the Islamic principle of “he who saves a life, it is as if he has saved all of humanity” and the legal obligation to put an end to genocide.
The force should have an emergency mandate to
- Prevent further acts of genocide and protect civilians
- Ensure unhindered humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza
- Uphold the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination;
- And enforce international law where global powers have failed to do so
Such action would not only be consistent with the OIC’s Charter and the 2025 Programme of Action — it would represent their highest realization. The people of the Muslim world — and indeed, of all faiths and nations — will rise in support of any serious effort led by the OIC to stop the slaughter and protect Palestine.
This is a moment that will define the legacy of this Organisation. Future generations will remember the decisions made in Jeddah this April. Will the Member States of the OIC rise to protect the oppressed and fulfill the Organisation’s mission — or will the OIC remain a bystander as one of the greatest crimes of the century unfolds?
The world is watching. The people are waiting. The time is now.
With deep respect and urgent hope,
The official contact addresses for the Embassies of OIC States, names of Ambassadors and official United Nations email addresses are as follows:
A collection of all listed addresses:
afgembriyad@hotmail.com, info@afghanistan-un.org, embassy.riyadh@mfa.gov.al, mission.newyork@mfa.gov.al, OfficeofthePR.Albania@mfa.gov.al, mail@algerianembassy-saudi.com, algeriamission.ny@gmail.com, mission@azerbaijanun.org, riyadh.mission@mofa.gov.bh, newyork.mission@mofa.gov.bh, mission.riyadh@mofa.gov.bd, info@bangladeshembassy.org.sa, bangladeshatun@gmail.com, bdpmny@gmail.com, ambassade.riyad@gouv.bj, ambenaryksa@gmail.com, onu.newyork@gouv.bj, beninewyork@gmail.com, riyadh.saudiarabia@mfa.gov.bn, bruneiunmission@protonmail.com, miperfaso.ny@burkina-onu.org, ambacamriyad@yahoo.fr, cameroon.mission@yahoo.com, ambryade@yahoo.com, chadmission.un@gmail.com, abousaud@hotmail.com, comores.nu@gmail.com, ambaci.riyad@gmail.com, ambaci.riyad@diplomatie.gouv.ci, djibouti@nyct.net, mission@egyptmissionny.com, ambagabonriyad@yahoo.com, info@gabonunmission.com, riyadambassadeaguine@gmail.com, missionofguinea.un@gmail.com, ambgbriade@gmail.com, guinebissauonu@gmail.com, geq@mission.gov.gy, pmny@mission.gov.gy, riyadh.kbri@kemlu.go.id, ptri@indonesiaun.org, iranemb.ruh@mfa.gov.ir, Iranunny@mfa.gov.ir, riyemb@mofa.gov.iq, Iraq.mission@iraqmission-un.com, riyadh@fm.gov.jo, missionun@jordanmissionun.com, riyadh@mfa.kz, unkazmission@gmail.com, kuwait@kuwaitmissionun.org, kgembassy.sa@mfa.gov.kg, Kyrgyz.unny@gmail.com, riadh.leb@gmail.com, contact@lebanonun.org, mission@libya-un.gov.ly, Libya_mis_us@foreign.gov.ly, mwriyadh@kln.gov.my, mwnewyorkun@kln.gov.my, adhanu@gmail.com, info@maldivesmission.com, miperma@malionu.com, mauritaniariyadh@gmail.com, ambarimnewyork@diplomatie.gov.mr, info.sa@maec.gov.ma, ambassaderiyad@maec.gov.ma, morocco.un@maec.gov.ma, embmocriade@gmail.com, mozambique.unmission@gmail.com, ambassadeduniger_riyadh@yahoo.com, nigermission@ymail.com, admin@nigeria.org.sa, permny@nigeriaunmission.org, riyadh@fm.gov.om, omanemb-ksa@hotmail.com, oman@un.int, pakistan@pakun.org, admin@palestinemissionun.org, riyadh@mofa.gov.qa, pmun@mofa.gov.qa, correspondences@mofa.gov.sa, ruhsenembassy@gmail.com, senegal.mission@yahoo.fr, sl.embassyriyadh@yahoo.com, info@sa.slembassy.gov.sl, sierraleone@pmun.net, somalia@unmission.gov.so, info@sudanembassy.org.sa, sudan@sudanmission.org, suriname_un@proton.me, riyadh@mofaex.gov.sy, syrianmission-ny@sar-un.org, tajembsaudi@mfa.tj, tajembsaudi@gmail.com, tajikistanunmission@gmail.com, gamextriyadh@yahoo.com, gambia_un@hotmail.com, consulattogodjeddah@yahoo.fr, togo.mission@togounmission.org, at.riyadh@diplomatie.gov.tn, tunisia@un.int, tunisiamission@usa.com, embassy.riyadh@mfa.gov.tr, tr-delegation.newyork@mfa.gov.tr, Tkmemb.riyadh@mfa.gov.tm, turkmenistan.un@mfa.gov.tm, riyadh@mofa.go.ug, ugariyadh@hotmail.com, admin@ugandaunny.com, riyadhemb@mofaic.gov.ae, nyunprm@mofaic.gov.ae, NYUNPRM@UAEUN.ORG, uzbembriyadh@gmail.com, uzbekistan.un@gmail.com, riyadh@yemenembassy-sa.org, yemenmissionny@gmail.com
In order of states (alphabetic):
Afghanistan
Ahmad Jawid Mojadidy
(+966) (11) 480 3457 / 9
Albania
Mr Sami Shiba
(+966) 11 281 6535
mission.newyork@mfa.gov.al; OfficeofthePR.Albania@mfa.gov.al
Algeria
Mr Muhammad Ali Boghazi
(+966) 11 488 7171
mail@algerianembassy-saudi.com
Azerbaijan
Mr Shahin Abdullaye
(+966) (11) 419 23 82
Bahrain
Shaikh Ali bin Abdulrahman bin Ali Al Khalifa
(+966) (11) 488 0044
Bangladesh
Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary
(+966) 11-419 5300
mission.riyadh@mofa.gov.bd;info@bangladeshembassy.org.sa
bangladeshatun@gmail.com; bdpmny@gmail.com
Benin
Adam Bagoudou Zakari
(+966) 11 229 0193
ambassade.riyad@gouv.bj;ambenaryksa@gmail.com
onu.newyork@gouv.bj; beninewyork@gmail.com
Brunei-Darussalam
Mr Setia Haji Awang Yusoff bin Haji Awang Ismail
(+966) 11 456 0814
bruneiunmission@protonmail.com
Burkina Faso
Boukary Savadogo
(+966) 11 465 22 44
Cameroon
Mr Iya Tidjani
(+966) (11) 488 0022
Chad
Sougour Youssouf Mahamat Itno
(+966) 11 405 5999
Comoros
Mr. Alhabib Abbasse Abdallah
(+966) 11 293 6002
Côte d'Ivoire
Mr Coulibaly Drissa
(+966) 11 470 8387
ambaci.riyad@gmail.com;ambaci.riyad@diplomatie.gouv.ci
Djibouti
Dya-Eddin Said Bamakhrama
(+966) 11 4543 182
Egypt
Mr Nasser Hamdy
(+966) 11 481 0464
Gabon
Mr Guy Ibrahim Membourou
(+966) (11) 456 7173
Guinea
Mahmoud Nabaniou Cherif
(+966) 11 488 1121
riyadambassadeaguine@gmail.com
Guinea-Bissau
Mr Dino Seidi
Guyana
Safraaz Ahmad Shadood
Indonesia
Mr Abdul Aziz Ahmad
(+966) 11 488 2800
Iran
Alireza Enayati
(+966) 11 488 1916 / 31
Iraq
Safia Talib Al-Suhail
(+966) 11 480 6923 / 6514
Iraq.mission@iraqmission-un.com
Jordan
Mr Jamal Shamayleh
(+966) 11 488 0071 / 39 / 51
Kazakhstan
Mr Aryn Berik
(+966) 11 480 64 06
Kuwait
Sheikh Sabah Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
(+966) 11 488 3500
Kyrgyzstan
Ulukbek Maripov
(+966) 11 229 32 72
Lebanon
Mr Dr Ziad Itani
(+966) 11 480 4070 / 60
Libya
(+966) 11 465 4310 / 8320
mission@libya-un.gov.ly; Libya_mis_us@foreign.gov.ly
Malaysia
Mr Abd Razak Abdul Wahab
(+966) 11 488 7100
Maldives
Mr. Adam Hassan
(+966) 11-462 6787
Mali
Mr Mohamed Mahmoud Ben Labat
(+966) 11 419 5640
Mauritania
Mr Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh
(+966) 11 269-3101
ambarimnewyork@diplomatie.gov.mr
Morocco
Mr Mustapha Mansouri
(+966) (11) 48 26 382
info.sa@maec.gov.ma;ambassaderiyad@maec.gov.ma
Mozambique
Faizal Faquir Cassamo
(+966) 11 269 4209
mozambique.unmission@gmail.com
Niger
Abu-Bakr Hassan Dan Sokoto
(+966) 11 460 5931
ambassadeduniger_riyadh@yahoo.com
Nigeria
Mr Alhaji Abdullahi Garba Aminci
(+966) 11 482 3024 / 3982
Oman
Sayyid Faisal bin Turki bin Mahmoud Al Said
(+966) 11 482 3067
riyadh@fm.gov.om;omanemb-ksa@hotmail.com
Pakistan
H.E. Ahmad Farooq
(+966) 11 488 7272
Palestine
Mazen Mohammed Rateb Ghoneim
(+966) 11 488 0744
Qatar
Safraaz Ahmad Shadood
(+966) 11 482 5544
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Dr Mamadou Mamoudou Sall
(+966) 11 488 0157
Sierra Leone
Dr Ibrahim Jalloh
(+966) 11 494 1303
sl.embassyriyadh@yahoo.com;info@sa.slembassy.gov.sl
Somalia
HE Aweis Haji Yusuf
Twitter @SomaliainKSA
Sudan
Mr Adel Bashir Hassan Bashir
(+966) 11 488 7979
Suriname
Syria
Vacant
Tajikistan
Karimi Akram Muhammadrasul
(+966) 11 205 4708 / 9
tajembsaudi@mfa.tj;tajembsaudi@gmail.com
The Gambia
Mr Omar Gibril Sallah
(+966) 11 203 0991
Togo
(+966) 12 23 45 611 / 2
togo.mission@togounmission.org
Tunisia
Hichem Fourati
(+966) 11 488.79.00
tunisia@un.int; tunisiamission@usa.com
Türkiye
Fatih Ulusoy
(+966) 11 482 01 01
tr-delegation.newyork@mfa.gov.tr
Turkmenistan
Mr Orazmuhamed Chariyev
(+966) 11 205 48 98
Uganda
Mr Isaac Biruma Sebulime
(+966) 11-454 4910
riyadh@mofa.go.ug;ugariyadh@hotmail.com
United Arab Emirates
Mr Sheikh Nahyan bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
(+966) 11 488 1227
nyunprm@mofaic.gov.ae; NYUNPRM@UAEUN.ORG
Uzbekistan
Maksudov Ulugbek Khamidjanovich
(+966) 11 263-52-23
Yemen
Mr Shaea Mohsen Al-Zindani
(+966) 11 488 1769